GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grudging | unwilling |
| immutable | not capable of or susceptible to change |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| conflagration | fire |
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow |